News / Obelisk

VSUs-Abaca-Researchers-and-Innovators-earn-Presidential-Award-for-Empowering-Farmers

The Abaca Researchers and Innovators Team of Visayas State University (VSU) brings national pride to the university and to the Philippine abaca industry after being named a recipient of the Gawad Lingkod Bayan ng Pangulo Award (Group Category) under the 2025 Gawad Lingkod Bayani.

Read more ...
VSU-USSC-hailed-national-winner-at-National-Kabataan-Fair

Before the year 2025 came to a close, VSU reaffirmed its commitment to transformative, service-oriented leadership on the national stage when the University Supreme Student Council (USSC) was named as the national winner of the National Kabataan Fair: Empowering Youth Leadership and Solution during the 12th Philippine I Transform! Leaders’ Convention (PITLC) on November 13–18, 2025 in Baguio City.

Read more ...
House-Committee-OKs-HB-2045-for-a-new-era-of-coconut-research-in-the-Visayas

The House Committee on Agriculture and Food  has approved House Bill (HB) No. 2045, a proposed measure led by Representative of the Fifth District of Leyte Carl Nicolas C. Cari that will formally elevate the Visayas State University (VSU) as the core research hub for the coconut industry in the Visayas. 

Read more ...
VSU-Agarwood-study-and-DAs-farmer-income-boosting-program-sweep-top-awards-at-regional-RDE-symposium

Visayas State University (VSU) and the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office VIII (DA-RFO 8) shared the limelight at the 37th Joint ViCARP-ViAFFREDS Regional RDE Symposium in Tacloban City, where their research and development efforts supporting biodiversity and farmer productivity were hailed as the region’s most outstanding papers for 2025. 

Read more ...
VSU-Devcom-prof-co-authors-Global-Food-Systems-bookbecomes-first-Filipina-delegate-to-World-Shiology-Forum

In a landmark milestone for Visayas State University (VSU), Dr. Christina A. Gabrillo, a professor from the Department of Development Communication, has become the first Filipina to participate in the 5th World Shiology Forum, held on October 28-31, 2025 in Haikou, China. 

Read more ...